Baby weight gain

I'm feeling like a bit of a failure
DS was born 23rd May at 3.62kg
On discharge he dropped to 3.33kg which I was told was within the norm.
He was weighed at his 1 week check at 3.35kg and was told this was not enough of a gain.
By 3 weeks (today) we were told he should be at his birth weight but he is only 3.53kg.

I've been breastfeeding on demand and occasionally topping up with EBM but I've been worried that he just hasn't been getting enough. He's been having poos and wees okay so I didn't think there was a problem. Although he does fall asleep on my boob almost every time and trying to wake him up can be tricky.

Is anyone else having this issue?

We are having another weight check in exactly 1 week and if we have to switch to formula so be it - I just hope there's no medical reasons why this would be happening with DS?

My bubs was also born on the 23rd of May and weighed 3350 grams. His discharge weight dropped to 3130 grams. At his 2 week check up he was still 30 grams off his birthweight despite breastfeeding on demand, the MCHN suggested doing top ups with expressed breast milk. I also introduced some formula top ups as I have found it difficult to regularly express enough breast milk. We had him weighed again just yesterday and in 5 days he had gained 260 grams! So the additional top ups after every feed definitely helped - I’m continuing with the top ups and I suspect I’ll end up moving to formula full time sooner rather than later. I’m on 3 types of meds to control my high blood pressure and I think this is affecting my milk supply :-/
i should also mention this is my second and the exact same thing happened with my first, we ended up doing formula full time by the time she was 3 months and I wish I had done it sooner.

Hi you are not alone..my DS was born at 36 weeks with birth weight 2.79 and at discharge 2.585 which i was told is normal. After 1 weeks check up it dropped to 2.582 and i was told that the weight gain should happen in another weeks time..his weight at 2 weeks was 2.6 and again at 3 weeks 2.6. Let me mention that in the meanwhile i was sorting out issues in my breastfeeding and i was starting to believe that he was getting my milk. Since there wasnt any weight gain i started getting doubtful.. now i am topping up with formula whenevr i feel my milk isn’t sufficient.. hopefully he will teach his birth weight soon..i am also worried

Are you topping up enough? It can take some time for your milk to come in and then takes time to develop a good amount. As for waking up bubs, take off a layer of clothing before the feed. If they are cozy warm they will fall asleep too quick. Don't worry about them being too cold because they are against your body which generates alot of heat.
After a few minutes, stop, burp, if they wake up put bub back on the boob, then stop again and change nappy.
You can also tickle the feet and cheek.

My bub was born 3.8kg, at 72 hour weigh in had dropped to 3.2kg and 3 days later at discharge was 3.45kg. The midwife has us do 3hr feeds and ebm and formula top ups. She gained about 100g in her first 3 days at home. We were told to stop doing the top ups. She reached 3.7 about 2 weeks after being home and then didn’t put on anymore for 2 weeks. Were told to do top ups again and 4 weeks after her birth she is finally back up to her birth weight! We have another weigh in tomorrow to see how she’s is going.

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